Heavy drinking, handgun-carrying linked among rural youth
Heavy drinking, handgun-carrying linked among rural youth
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Heavy drinking, handgun-carrying linked among rural youth
In the rural United States, an adolescent who drinks heavily has a 43% greater probability of carrying a handgun in the following year, according to a study published this month in The Journal of Rural Health.
“While there has been a lot of research on this correlation in urban areas, little is known about the association between alcohol use, particularly heavy drinking, and handgun carrying in rural areas,” said lead author Alice Ellyson, an acting assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine and investigator in UW Medicine's Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program.
Yet some young men don't like alcohol, and they are more likely not to like guns. It's an interesting correlation that should be further studied. Not sure why you think there isn't much here to think about.